Tim Flannery: Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council Speaks

Tim Flannery speaks at Palo Alto's Cubberley Theatre. The Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council and author of Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future, Flannery will offer his practical assessments of solutions for the global environmental crisis, from electric cars to wind power.

Description

2009 is a critical year for the climate change movement. Flannery, one of the world’s pioneering paleontologists and biologists, offers a pragmatic roadmap of the environmental challenges we face in dealing with climate change and the potential solutions toward sustainability.

Rather than looking backward and assigning blame, Flannery offers a powerful argument for immediate action and highlights some of advancements made by wind-energy companies and automobile manufacturers to create electric cars that will end the reign of oil.

About the Ticket Supplier: Commonwealth Club

The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation’s oldest and largest public affairs forum, presenting over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.

Founded in 1903, the Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Erin Brockovich in 2001. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates have all given landmark speeches at the Club.